Melioidosis: an emerging infection in Taiwan?

abstract：:To assess the incidence of and risk factors for clinical and subclinical dengue virus (DENV) infection, we prospectively studied 1,207 adult short-term travelers from the Netherlands to dengue-endemic areas. Participants donated blood samples for serologic testing before and after travel. Blood samples were tested for...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Baaten GG,Sonder GJ,Zaaijer HL,van Gool T,Kint JA,van den Hoek A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine typhus, an undifferentiated febrile illness caused by Rickettsia typhi, is increasing in prevalence and distribution throughout Texas. In 2018, a total of 40 cases of murine typhus were reported in Galveston County. This increase, unprecedented since the 1940s, highlights the importance of awareness by physicia...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ruiz K,Valcin R,Keiser P,Blanton LS

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to clarify changes in serotypes and genotypes mediating β-lactam and macrolide resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Japanese children who had invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) after the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced into Japan; 341 participating general hospit...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chiba N,Morozumi M,Shouji M,Wajima T,Iwata S,Ubukata K,Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases Surveillance Study Group.

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Puumala virus causes nephropathia epidemica, a rodent-borne zoonosis that is endemic to Europe. We sequenced the complete Puumala virus genome that was directly recovered from a person who died and compared it with those of viruses from local bank voles. The virus strain involved was neither a unique nor rare genetic ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Plyusnina A,Razzauti M,Sironen T,Niemimaa J,Vapalahti O,Vaheri A,Henttonen H,Plyusnin A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease caused by predominantly vectorborne Leishmania spp. In the United States, canine visceral leishmaniasis is common among hounds, and L. infantum vertical transmission among hounds has been confirmed. We found that L. infantum from hounds remains infective in sandflies, underscoring t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Schaut RG,Robles-Murguia M,Juelsgaard R,Esch KJ,Bartholomay LC,Ramalho-Ortigao M,Petersen CA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the outbreak in Wuhan, China, we assessed 29,299 workers screened for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by reverse transcription PCR. We noted 18 (0.061%) cases of asymptomatic infection; 13 turned negative within 8.0 days, and 41 close contacts tested negative. Among 6 contacts who had serologic t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Han X,Wei X,Alwalid O,Cao Y,Li Y,Wang L,Shi H

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of the nucleoprotein gene of 77 Puumala hantavirus strains detected in human samples in France during 2012-2016 showed that all belonged to the Central European lineage. We observed 2 main clusters, geographically structured; one included strains with the Q64 signature and the other strains with the R64 s...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Reynes JM,Carli D,Thomas D,Castel G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used physician sentinel surveillance to identify 25 (7.7%) mild to severe infections with enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) in children and adults among 325 outpatients with acute respiratory infections in Germany during August-October 2014. Results suggested low-level circulation of enterovirus D68 in Germany. Viruses were...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Reiche J,Böttcher S,Diedrich S,Buchholz U,Buda S,Haas W,Schweiger B,Wolff T

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a food-related outbreak of salmonellosis in humans caused by a nonmotile variant of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in France in 2009. This nonmotile variant had been circulating in laying hens but was not considered as Typhimurium and consequently escaped European poultry flock regulations. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Le Hello S,Brisabois A,Accou-Demartin M,Josse A,Marault M,Francart S,Da Silva NJ,Weill FX

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Africa, incidence and prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis have been assumed to be low. However, investigation after a 2005 outbreak of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, found that the incidence rate for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal was among ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Wallengren K,Scano F,Nunn P,Margot B,Buthelezi SS,Williams B,Pym A,Samuel EY,Mirzayev F,Nkhoma W,Mvusi L,Pillay Y

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare workers accounted for a large proportion of persons with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) during the worldwide epidemic of early 2003. We conducted an investigation of healthcare workers exposed to laboratory-confirmed SARS patients in the United States to evaluate infection-control practices and po...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Park BJ,Peck AJ,Kuehnert MJ,Newbern C,Smelser C,Comer JA,Jernigan D,McDonald LC

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated a case of hepatitis E acquired after persons ate wild boar meat. Genotype 3 hepatitis E virus (HEV) RNA was detected in both patient serum and wild boar meat. These findings provided direct evidence of zoonotic foodborne transmission of HEV from a wild boar to a human. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Li TC,Chijiwa K,Sera N,Ishibashi T,Etoh Y,Shinohara Y,Kurata Y,Ishida M,Sakamoto S,Takeda N,Miyamura T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In China, the doubling time of the coronavirus disease epidemic by province increased during January 20-February 9, 2020. Doubling time estimates ranged from 1.4 (95% CI 1.2-2.0) days for Hunan Province to 3.1 (95% CI 2.1-4.8) days for Xinjiang Province. The estimate for Hubei Province was 2.5 (95% CI 2.4-2.6) days. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Muniz-Rodriguez K,Chowell G,Cheung CH,Jia D,Lai PY,Lee Y,Liu M,Ofori SK,Roosa KM,Simonsen L,Viboud C,Fung IC

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, bed bugs have been considered uncommon in the industrialized world. This study determined the extent of reemerging bed bug infestations in homeless shelters and other locations in Toronto, Canada. Toronto Public Health documented complaints of bed bug infestations from 46 locations in 2003, most common...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hwang SW,Svoboda TJ,De Jong IJ,Kabasele KJ,Gogosis E

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of a large outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a German university hospital, we estimated costs ( approximately 1 million Euros) that could have been avoided by early detection of the imminent outbreak. For this purpose, we demonstrate an easy-to-use statistical method. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Sagel U,Schulte B,Heeg P,Borgmann S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of the etiology of bacterial meningitis and estimating cost of disease are important in guiding vaccination policies. To determine the incidence and etiology of meningitis in Turkey, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were obtained prospectively from children (1 month-17 years of age) with a clinical diag...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Ceyhan M,Yildirim I,Balmer P,Borrow R,Dikici B,Turgut M,Kurt N,Aydogan A,Ecevit C,Anlar Y,Gulumser O,Tanir G,Salman N,Gurler N,Hatipoglu N,Hacimustafaoglu M,Celebi S,Coskun Y,Alhan E,Celik U,Camcioglu Y,Secmeer

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seoul hantavirus-associated hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome cases are rare outside Asia and have not yet been found in Germany. We report clinical and molecular evidence for a Seoul virus infection in a patient in Germany. The infection was most likely acquired during a stay in Sulawesi, Indonesia. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hofmann J,Weiss S,Kuhns M,Zinke A,Heinsberger H,Kruger DH

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four major clades of Candida auris have been described, and all infections have clustered in these 4 clades. We identified an isolate representative of a potential fifth clade, separated from the other clades by >200,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms, in a patient in Iran who had never traveled outside the country. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chow NA,de Groot T,Badali H,Abastabar M,Chiller TM,Meis JF

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1996 to 2000, 23 Maryland and Washington, D.C., tuberculosis cases were identified in one six-band DNA cluster. Cases were clustered on the basis of their Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. Medical record reviews and interviews were conducted to identify epidemiologic linkages. Eighteen (78%) of the 23 case-pat...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Lathan M,Mukasa LN,Hooper N,Golub J,Baruch N,Mulcahy D,Benjamin W,Cronin WA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive and skin community-associated (CA)-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from children were matched with invasive CA-methicillin-sensitive S. aureus strains during 2000-2004. Isolates were analyzed for presence of Panton-Valentine leukocidin. A USA400 lineage clone (n = 6) and the predominant U...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Jaggi P,Paule SM,Peterson LR,Tan TQ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular surveillance of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) was implemented in Europe as case reporting in 2005. For all new MDR TB cases detected from January 2003 through June 2007, countries reported case-based epidemiologic data and DNA fingerprint patterns of MDR TB strains when available. International c...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Devaux I,Kremer K,Heersma H,Van Soolingen D

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used administrative databases to assess babesiosis among elderly persons in the United States by year, sex, age, race, state of residence, and diagnosis months during 2006-2008. The highest babesiosis rates were in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Massachusetts, and findings suggested babesiosis expansion t...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Menis M,Anderson SA,Izurieta HS,Kumar S,Burwen DR,Gibbs J,Kropp G,Erten T,Macurdy TE,Worrall CM,Kelman JA,Walderhaug MO

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two different West Nile virus (WNV) strains caused lethal encephalitis in a flock of geese and a goshawk in southeastern Hungary in 2003 and 2004, respectively. During the outbreak in geese, 14 confirmed human cases of WNV encephalitis and meningitis were reported in the same area. Sequencing of complete genomes of bo...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bakonyi T,Ivanics E,Erdélyi K,Ursu K,Ferenczi E,Weissenböck H,Nowotny N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since Ebola virus disease was identified in West Africa on March 23, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has undertaken the most intensive response in the agency's history; >3,000 staff have been involved, including >1,200 deployed to West Africa for >50,000 person workdays. Efforts have include...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Frieden TR,Damon IK

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among 2,882 Streptococcus pneumoniae sent to the Spanish Reference Laboratory during 2002, 75 (2.6%) were ciprofloxacin-resistant. Resistance was associated with older patients (3.9% in adults and 7.2% in patients > or =65 years of age), with isolation from noninvasive sites (4.3% vs. 1.0%), and with penicillin and ma...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： de la Campa AG,Balsalobre L,Ardanuy C,Fenoll A,Pérez-Trallero E,Liñares J,Spanish Pneumococcal Infection Study Network G03\/103.

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the vectors of bluetongue virus (BTV) in Germany, we monitored Culicoides spp. biting midges during April 2007-May 2008. Molecular characterization of batches of midges that tested positive for BTV suggests C. obsoletus sensu stricto as a relevant vector of bluetongue disease in central Europe. ...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Hoffmann B,Bauer B,Bauer C,Bätza HJ,Beer M,Clausen PH,Geier M,Gethmann JM,Kiel E,Liebisch G,Liebisch A,Mehlhorn H,Schaub GA,Werner D,Conraths FJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has recently emerged to cause a human pandemic. Although molecular diagnostic tests were rapidly developed, serologic assays are still lacking, yet urgently needed. Validated serologic assays are needed for contact tracing, identifying th...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Okba NMA,Müller MA,Li W,Wang C,GeurtsvanKessel CH,Corman VM,Lamers MM,Sikkema RS,de Bruin E,Chandler FD,Yazdanpanah Y,Le Hingrat Q,Descamps D,Houhou-Fidouh N,Reusken CBEM,Bosch BJ,Drosten C,Koopmans MPG,Haagmans BL

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella species are increasingly associated with a range of human and animal diseases. Despite this, we have a poor understanding of the ecology and epidemiology of many species, especially those circulating in wild populations. Previous studies have demonstrated that a diverse range of Bartonella species are abund...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Bown KJ,Bennet M,Begon M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared travel histories of case-patients with Cryptococcus gattii infection during 1999-2006 to travel destinations of the general public on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Findings validated and refined estimates of risk on the basis of place of residence and showed no spatial progression of risk are...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Chambers C,MacDougall L,Li M,Galanis E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used molecular analyses to confirm Mycobacterium avium spp. hominissuis infection in lung granulomas and pyogranulomas in the tracheobronchial lymph node in a wild mule deer in Banff, Canada. These lesions are similar to those found in M. bovis-infected animals, emphasizing the critical need for disease surveillanc...

journal_title：Emerging infectious diseases

authors： Frayne KMF,Chappell BR,Davies JL,Macbeth BJ,Ngeleka M,Rothenburger JL

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00